Les Murray
Peter Goldsworthy reviews 'Collected Poems' by Les Murray
Peter Goldsworthy
26 November 2018
A seven-hundred-page Collected Poems? The cover photograph of the Big Bloke himself is an embodiment of what’s inside in all its sprawling abundance. As is his surname, which can’t hel More
'Waiting for the Past' by Les Murray
Stephen Edgar
27 April 2015
My first reaction on picking up Les Murray’s new collection, Waiting for the Past, was to note how handsomely produced it is ... More
'A Denizen', a new poem by Les Murray
Les Murray
03 March 2013
The octopus is dead
who lived in Wylies Baths
below the circus balustrade
and the chocked sea tiles.
Anthony Lynch reviews 'The Quadrant Book of Poetry' edited by Les Murray
Anthony Lynch
22 May 2012
In his polemical Introduction, Les Murray notes that Quadrant was founded sixty years ago by poet James McAuley, the ‘stern formalist’ who ensured that poetry occupied a promi More
John Ross (ed.): The Penguin Book of Australian Bush Writing
Susan K. Martin
27 February 2012
Afternoon tea
Susan K. Martin
The Penguin Book of Australian Bush Writing
edited by John Ross
Viking, $32.95 pb, 356 pp, 9780670076413
Twinings has recently introduced a new tea flavour called ‘Australian Afternoon Tea’. On the box is an image ... More
